Judging from the fact that your query was sent to debian-laptop, I'd assume you have a pcmcia network card, in which case you should also have a look at /etc/pcmcia/network.opts... though that is for potato. I'm not sure if it is the same on slink.
Hugo van der Merwe On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Nazareth Shu wrote: > Dear All: > > I've decided to change my Linux box which IP address has been > configured since the installation, so far, I have to type the command > " ifconfig eth0 192.168........" and then re-configured the routing > table each one of the network interface ( I still stay on the early > stage, and dis-like to upgrade my kernels from 2.0.x to 2.2.x ....) to > make the new IP and new Gateway up to works. > > I'd like to know how to change the IP address without issue > additional commands and remain the new IPs ( even though rebooting the > computer ). There are some files have to be modified,. As I know, > major distributions use different files from one to another to handle > the configuration of IPs, so, does anyone who know which files the > "Debian" need to be modified, so does the host name, domain name and > other related configuration? > > Further more, if I have two NICs on the same computer, is there > something different then the single NIC I have talked above? > > > Note: I am using Debian 2.1 (which came with 2.0.36 kernel, I had > re-complied it, but remain it kernel version ). > > Thanks ! > Net Shu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > June 4, 2000 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
